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Oregon Historical Society Stock Exchange Building. HE im: H VOL. 32. NO. 10. HEPPNER, OREGON, JUNE :i, 1915. SUBSCRIPTION, $1.50 PER YEAR E GRADUATES Graduates 1915 Class, Heppner High School RECEIVE IAS Crowded House Listens to Orations And Address of State Superin tendent J. A. Churchill. Nine young graduates of Heppner high school received their diplomas from the hand of County Superin tendent of Schools, 8. E. Notson, at the high school auditorium last Fri day evening at the conclusion of the Commencement exercises. The program of the evening was opened with a piano solo by Miss Vir ginia Crawford which was followed by Invocation offered by Rev. T. S. Handsaker. The high school chorous sang, " 'Tls Our Festal Day" In a very pleasing manner and then Miss Helen Aiken, class salutatorlan, gave the first oration of the evening on "In dustrial Evolution." In the course of her address, Miss Aiken paid a high tribute to the present faculty, the board of education and of the very schol itself. "The Open Door" was the oration delivered by Spencer Crawford, a current subject delivered in able manner, which- Bhowed clear ly the golden opportunity of the Uni ted States to grasp the bulk of the world's commerce. Harley Adklns, valedictorian, delivered a masterly oration on "Has Christianity Failed?" Mr. Adklns clearly defined the situa tion of the present combatants of the European war and declared that their attitude one toward the other is any thing but Christ-like. The address to the class by Hon. J. A. Churchill, State Superintendent of Public Instruction, will be long re membered. Mr. Churchill Is a very practical school man and his address naturally followed lines of school work and It was full of splendid thought and Instruction, the audience being thoroughly enlightened as to some of the new legislation passed at the last session of the legislature concerning the public schools of Ore gon. He also spoke at some length of other proposed legislation, and dwelt especially upon the County Unit Plan that failed of passage at Salem last winter. This measure will be brought forward again, and Mr. Churchill is hopeful that it will be enacted Into law. From his ex planation of this plan we believe that the school system of the state will be greatly benefitted and more efficient teachers and Bchool officers selected thereby. The remarks of the State Superin tendent directed especially to the class of graduates should be remem bered by them throughout their lives. Having had so much exper ience In the school room, Prof. Chur chill is very comoetent to advise in matters of education, as well as the practical affairs of life. Some of the graduates from our High School will doubtless continue their educational pursuits, and in this they were en couraged by the speaker who praised very highly the higher institutions of learning of this state, and the grad uates were advised that if it were possible they should take advantage of the opportunities offered. Others of the class may be called upon to I enter the active duties of life, and to ' be thoroughly prepared for the best service, they were all urged to join some church and to cultivate the re ligious and moral sides of their na ture In order to become the most ef ficient citizens of the community. r w i nr r ? I. ; S : . .? 1 el Heppner Wool Sale Date Is Changed The Heppner Wool Sales will not be held on next Tuesday as was first advertised, but the date has been changed for a week later, Tuesday, June 15. This change is made nec essary through the late shearing sea son. Many of the leading flockmas ters have no yet completed their shearing, and consequently could not have their clips In the warehouse by the time of the sale as originally set. It Is thought that In another week, many of them will have finished. There is a great deal of specula tion at present as to just what prices the wool men will be offered. A week ago at Echo the sales were such a dismal failure that not one clip was sold publicly, although several sales were made privately later. The buy ers offered less than market prices and the growers refused to sell. Whether these same conditions will prevail at the Heppner sales on a week from Tuesday remains to be seen. I-exington Will Celebrate Nation's Birthday. Lexington Is making preparations for celebrating the Nation's birthday and will observe Saturday, the 3rd day of July. Plans are already under way to provide for free entertainment during that day and the people of the surrounding country are invited to come and help In the celebration. Lexington has not held a celebration for several years, but from now on will let the eagle scream every three years, giving the neighboring towns an opportunity in between, as was the custom a few years ago. HARLEY M. ADKINS. ANNA BELLE HOWARD. GRACE VAN VACTOR HELEN MARJORIE AIKEN LERA GEORGIAN GITHENS MELBA HELEN GRIFFITHS -"EDITH ADBLLA THORL.EY INA VIOLA JOHNSON J. SPENCER CRAWFORD Black-Stanley. The marriage of Win. Merle Black and Miss Mabel Stanley took place at the home of the bride's parents, Mr. and Mrs. Jacob Bortzer, Wednesday evening, May 26th at 8 o'clock, Rev. J. L. Jones officiating. A dainty wedding supper was served. Those present were the bride's sister, Mrs. H. F. Tash and family and a few friends. The bride looked lovely In a crea tion of shadow lace over blue silk, and carried a beautiful bouquet of roses. Miss Dorris Wilt acted as bridesmaid and Ray Blake as best man. The young people will make their home In Marshfield, Oregon.-. - .. State Superintendent Standardizes Heppner High School. In accordance with the law passed by the last legislature providing for the standardization of the high schools of the state, State Superin tendent Churchill inspected and standardized our high school last week as a four-year high school of fering four full courses of instruc tion as follows: English, modern language, mathematics and science (By the term course Is meant one year's Instruction In a subject.) He found the high school deficient in a few equipments. The laboratories of the- physical geography and biol ogy departments need more appara tus and the library needs more books of reference. To supply these will be comparatively inexpensive and it is to be hoped that the board will order these things purchased at once. If they do, this will place our high school on an equality with any high school-in the state and entitled under the new law to collect tuition from the county fund for foreign students. Heretofore the board has not charged tuition of its foreign pupils and the district has paid for the instruction of these pupils. The new law pro vides that the county shall pay this tuition. This of course is only just. It will help us to maintain a better school and everyone will be common ly benefitted. Incidentally, Mr. Churchill said some very pleasing things about the Heppner public schools. He said the building is one of the most conven iently arranged and. beautiful in the state; that the commencement ex ercises were as good as any that he had attended this year; and that the character of the work done In the schools was as good as any In the state and very few towns the size of Heppner maintain as complete and extensive a high school system. Signed, H. H. HOFFMAN, Superintendent. Has Prospects For Fine Crop. One of the best looking fields of grain that has been reported to this office is that of 600 acre of bluestem wheat belonging to Ed Adkins, on the Markham place, southwest of Hepp ner. Frank Gilliam made a trip out through the Eight Mile section re cently and he says that he did not see any grain that excelled that of Mr. Adkins'. In describing this par ticular field of grain, Mr. Gilliam likened the leaves unto those of corn, they were so exceptionally large. According to Mr. Gilliam nothing short of a hail storm can pre vent this grain from making a bum per yield. Mr. Adkins has In 1700 acres altogether, having under cul tivation a large part of the McKim mey ranch, as well as a large body of land In the Cason canyon section. The grain yield on these two latter places will be only average, but many who have seen the grain on the Cason canyon ranch, say it will make the best crop ever produced thereon. Frye Recovers Stolen Car. L. E. Frye, proprietor of the Ar lington Garage, passed through Heppner Monday on his way home, ' from Pendleton, where he had gone ! to recover his new Studebaker "six" j which bad ben stolen out of the I Studebaker station at Condon last Saturday night. j It was not until Sunday morning : that Mr. Frye discovered that his I machine was gone, and the officers I of the surrounding counties were im-1 mediately notified. Sheriff McDuffee of this city was given a description of the car and he kept a sharp look out for Its appearance here. How ever, the auto thieves gave Heppner the go-by, but they were finally ap prehended at Pendleton by Sheriff T. D. Taylor. The name plate had been torn off of the car in order to mislead the officers, but otherwise the machine was in good condition when recovered. At least three par ties are implicated in the thievery, and the one who was driving the car at the time he was taken by Sheriff Taylor, was returned to the sheriff of Gilliam county. Will Spend the Summer in Heppner. Wm. Livingston ana wife and son arrived in this city from Pendleton last Saturday evening. They will re main in Heppner for the summer. Mr. Livingston departed Sunday morning for a short visit with his mother at Forest Grove. Mr. and Mrs. Livingston have made their home in Pendleton the past year. Mr. Livingston being a member of the Pendleton high school faculty. He was re-elected to that position for next year. Mrs. Livingston was for merly Miss Ruth Forbes Brown, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. E. D. Brown, and is a graduate of Heppner high school. IE ILL ENTER TAIN 01 TUESDAY Second Annual Morrow County Far mers' Cnion Picnic W ill he HeM In the Kgg City. lone, the Egg City of the North west, will act as host and hostess to the people of Morrow county next Tuesday when the Second Annual Morrow County Farmers' Union Pic nic will be held in that city. The day will be divided into two parts, the morning being devoted to a pro gram of music and addresses by promfnent speakers, and the after noon to various kinds of amuse ments. The main feature of the morning attractions will be an ad dress by O. F. Dornblaser, of Texas, a member of the National Executive Board of the Farmers' Union. Mr. Dornblaser is said to be an able speaker, and he has traveled widely in appearing before just such au diences as will greet him next Tues day in lone. Another speaker of prominence will be Dr. Hector Mc Pherson of the Oregon Agricultural College. Dr. McPliereson will no doubt have something of great in terest for the farmers since he makes their problems his daily study. The morning program wiil commence promptly at 10 o'clock. At noon a basket dinner will be partaken of. Everybody is asked to bring a well filled basket and enjoy the noon-day meal. The afternoon will be given over entirely to amusements and a pro gram of races has been arranged, in which little and big, old and voung will participate. Attend what promises to be the biggest picnic ever held in the county. Paul Hisier Buys Sheep. Paul Hisier this week bought the McCollough Bros, band of sheep, con sisting of 1200 ewes and 1100 lambs. The price paid was $4.00 per head for the ewes and $2.75 for the lambs. Mr. Hisier has been out of the sheep business the past two years, and dur ing that time he has rented his sheep ranch to John Doherty. The time set for delivery is the 20th of June. ' Former Pastor Injured. Supt. Notson is in receipt of a let ter from Rev. Perry Chandler in which he states that he has been laid up at his home in Newton Center, Mass., for the past three months, suf fering from a broken hip.' Mr. Chandler will be remembered by many here, having served the Meth odist church as pastor for a year. He also invested in some Morrow county real estate and owns a valuable piece of land In the Black Horse section. He is just able to be getting around now and his improvement has been very slow. Enters Business With His Father. E. E. Vickers, the painter and pa perhanger, announces this week that his son, Arthur Vickers, who is also an experienced painter, has taken an interest with him in his wall paper store. Young Vickers has worked in the leading shops of this country and British Columbia. He arrived in Heppner on Monday evening. Painting I. O. (). F. Building. Louis Summerfield is busy this week painting the window trimmings on the I. O. O. F. building. All the window casings on the front of the building are receiving a fine coat of white paint, which adds greatly to the attractiveness of the building. Louis Groshen has finished shear ing and his wool is being hauled to the local warehouse this week. WiKleswortli Sells Wool. R. F. Wiglesworth, the Butter creek sheepman, last week sold 35, 000 pounds of his coarse wool clip to Charles Carter, of the Portland Wool en Mills for 26 cents per pound. This is one of the first sales to be re corded here this year. Installs Vegetable Sprayer. The Phelps Grocery Company last week installed a new vegetable spray er in their store, which will add greatly in keeping tfie vegetables in a fresh condition. The sprayer is a recent invention of a .Nebraska man, and Mr. Phelps received one of the first placed on the market. How much LIFE INSURANCE should I cany? THE ANSWER: Enough to compensate, your family and estate for the loss of your ability to pro vide for them financially, if you were cut off from them. You can afford this much if you buy it in the The Guarantee Fund Life Association Of Omaha, Nebraska, (The nobility of manhood is loving in life and providing in death.) KLEES & NOTSON MORROW COUNTY AGENTS HEPPNER, OREGON